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A Chest, a Head- is This an Anatomy Lesson?! No, it’s "The Thing That Couldn't Die"- Tonight!

We’ve had many requests for tonight’s MeTV feature- a 1958 classic starring 28 year old Steve McQueen that was a part of the fairly cheaply produced wave of “drive in movies” aimed at teenagers. It’s become a genre favorite, with the well-used premise of an alien threat coming to earth via a meteor and threatening mankind- beware of “The Blob”!

Things start out semi-innocently enough, with allegedly-teenaged Steve and Jane ( played by future Mayberry resident Helen Crump- Aneta Corsaut ) having a pleasant time in Lover’s Lane ( not the store) when they see a meteor streak across the sky and actually touch down fairly near to them! They decide...

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